Hope & Healing

Freedom Writer urges educators to believe in students, not give up

By: Brenda Brown - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Evan Lewis
Manny Scott, a motivational speaker, addresses teachers Friday at Texarkana Independent School District. Scott is a Freedom Writer who was featured in the movie by the same name.

Should teachers forget why they are in the classroom, they have only to think of Manny Scott.

As one of the students whose story was told in part in the movie &ldq...